Session 1 Discussions

How to promote / support technology related faculty development at NLU?

Informal avenues tend to be more relaxed, provide opportunity to play.
offer more 'informal sessions' for faculty to get together, share what they are working on, then provide some hands-on opportunities.
Formal PD / training is less organic.
Use technology in personal lives (playful). Skills and knowledge will carry over to professional lives.
Organize a formal approach to create a module of a course without given a time limit with flexibility
Focus on a personalized approach to participating in the course design
Link this to the professional development goals for individual growth and load
Understanding what faculty members would like to do and design motivating menu of options
Develop a systematic approach in expecting each faculty member would have demonstrate technology goals with professional development
Thoughts around offering / developing personal projects as informal training sessions

Time to practice, learn, play
use of NETS-T for PD framework (self-assessment) to set technology PD goals for year (measurable)
assessed annually during review
create PD sessions / tech sharing during program or department meetings
faculty need to be pro-active about own learning; develop PLN
offer "Open Lab" for faculty to learn tools, practice. could be the "personal projects" idea.